The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15
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Townsville is to have an ice factory.
Macon lost over 800 900 brick by the re-
cent freshet
The farmers are having hard time try
ing to save their fodder
At last Rome is to experience the work
jngs of the Salvation Army.
VIII Hay, of Carrollton, during one day
last week cleared his barn of 100 rats.
It is estimated that the cotton crop has
been cut off p per cent. i'll Lowndes
county.
A petition is being circulated in Carroll
county to abolish the city court, and 1t IS re-
ceiving great many signatures.
We learn that a boy named Bass Stamps
had his leg broken last Saturday, while
playing base ball near Mount Zion.
One of Alapaha's merchants favors the
formation of company for the purpose of
starting a cotton factory in Alapaha.
The damage to crops in Stewart county
from the excessive rains of ten days ago
were not so great as was anticipated
Switzerland, the forger, who is in jail in
Dawson, says he has been converted and is
enjoying sweet communion with his Cod
AT Rome Friday about - teams were put
TO work on the dummy line, commencing at
the Bones field, and will work toward the
terminus This work will bo pushed for
ward rapidly.
Last Monday the river had risen so high
as to completely overflow Newton, Baker
county, and the people were compelled to
use boats to get about town. The water III
the streets was from four to ten feet deep
Jonathan Copeland, living near Bowdon,
has COW three years old that has had three
calves, and has given milk altogether in
that time fourteen months. She had one
calf before she was quite two years old, and
a few days ago she had twins.
Since the big rains began cotton has
shielded distressingly in Wilcox county.
The farmers say they will not make more
than half crop. If the rains cease with
just enough to keep the cotton growing, and
it is a late fall, good top crop can be
made.
The proposition TO donate lots to people
who will erect stores and dwellings on them
at Alapaha has resulted in the promise of
the following donations: Mr.. Roberts, three
lots; Mr.. Baker, three lots; Mr.. Dorminy,
three lots Mr. Mcmillan, three lots; Mr..
Gasxins, three one-thrd acre lots in edge of
pond.
William Mote, who lives some three miles
north of Carrollton, has sold this year be-
tween April ? and August 8, or in five
months, 2SSA pounds of butter, besides
having enough for home use. Mr. Mote
ing in now an average of twenty-five pounds
a week.
Alapaha Star: w. F. Paulk, of Irwin,
who is one of your all-wool-and-a-yar
wide men, says much fodder has been lost
in his county by the 'wet SPELL One man
sold another, 400 bundles of damaged fodder
for SOC. When the purchaser saw it, he
wanted to rue back. 1t must have been
pretty badly damaged.
The injunction case of Mitchell versus
the City Council of Americas, will be heard
before Judge Clarke, in Atlanta, on We'd
nesday next. The case grew out of a bill
filed by Mr.. Mitchell against the Council to
prevent their cutting his pond near the de-
pot, which has been declared nuisance by
the Board of Health.
1t is stated by good authority that after
the river had gone down so that Uncle Bob
Tondee, of Sumter county, could look
around his house, that he was astonished to
find that he had been occupying quarters
with an alligator, turtle, and a room full
of catfish. He is now living on turtle SOUP
catfish stew and alligator steak.
Webster Bagley, of Sumter county, after
cutting oats from five-acre patch allowed
the grass to come up on it without turning
under the stubble. He moved the grass this
week and got ten tons of fine crowfoot hay,
worth 81 per hundred pounds He will get
half as much when he mows the patch next
time, and that will be three crops year.
About two weeks ago Jimmy Sutton. of
Alnpaha, while driving a hog out OF a
neighbours field, tried to fall on it and
catch il. In doing so, his left hand struck
the ground with such force as TO dislocate
the middle finger and break several bones
between the wrist and the fingers. The
hand is doing as well as could be expected.
The recent freshet which caused the river
TO overflow its banks and cover the land for
almost quarter of q mile on either side of
the stream, has left a coating of mud and
soured vegetable matter on the surface that
has become quite offensive, and has given
rise to considerable apprehension with refer
ence to its effects upon the health of Albany.
A negro boy snapped for an old horse at
jefferson court, that was at one time con-
sidered the finest horse in Athens, and would
easily sell for $3.50. The boy took the horse
to Athens and sold him to Mr.. Burpee for
ST. and while he was paying the money, the
horse got down and Burpee would only pay
81 for him. The horse died and the pur-
chaser will have to pay 81 to get him car
ried off.
Miss May Iverson has succeeded her
father the late Col j. f. Iverson, as agent
at Columbus of the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company. We bespeak for
Miss 1verson a liberal patronage on her own
account as well as for the great induce
ments offered by her company Miss liver
son is perhaps the only young lady agent of
life insurance association in the United
States
Alapaha Star: Not being satisfied with
the first test, Jimmy Sutton, on Friday
morning of last week, just after the rain,
tied strings near ten cotton blooms that had
opened that morning. Monday following
he found the strings but all the blooms had
shed. This seems to confirm the belief en-
tertained by some farmers that if rain falls
on cotton blooms the morning they open
they will shed.
Griffin Sun: Mai Collins is great Biblical
student Friday while reading one of the
books of the New Testament, he came across
the following marginal line; miss -
- is the prettiest girl in the State Of
Georgia" Major at once accused another
young attorney of being the author which
he acknowledged, but as a defense stated
that il was written five years ago when he
was very much smitten with the young
lady Our colt reporter viii boar testimo-
ny as to the truthfulness OF this
The road hands were working the road
near Mr.. Cams house, beyond Princeton
factory, on Thursday, and to make the
work lighter they sent TO the barroom and
bought gallon of whisky. The whisky
was kept in a water bucket and each one of
the hands had free access TO it, After finish
ing their work they became very noisy, and
soon a general fight ensued, in which all